Axis deer-Chital deer

Name: Axis deer-Chital deer

Female: Doe

Male: Stag

Young one: Fawn

Food: Leaves, wood, bark or stems and fruits

Life span: 20-30 years

Sound/s: Grunt, rattle, wheeze, snort

Habitat: Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim

Other facts

• The chital deer has a more cursorial build than a hog deer.
• Antlers and brow lives are longer than those of a hog deer. Pedicles — the bony cores from which antlers arise — are shorter, and auditory bullae are smaller.
• The chital deer has several white spots, whereas fallow deer usually have white splotches. Fallow deer also have palmate antlers, whereas chital have three distinct points on each side.
• Moreover, it has a prominent white patch on its throat, while the throat of fallow deer is white.